A woman from the US has revealed how she came home to an emotional note from her neighbour who was lonely and desperate for a friend.

Marleen Brooks found the note posted through her door, and it pulled on her heartstrings so much that she shared it with Frank Somerville, a TV news anchor, for him to put onto his Facebook page and get the message out.

The note read: "Would you consider to become my friend. I'm 90 years old- live alone. All my friends have passed away. I'm so lonesome and scared. Please I pray for someone."

Marleen went straight over to her elderly neighbour’s that evening, taking a friend with her, and found her overwhelmed with happiness at finally getting the visitors she’d been praying for. Somerville, writing on Marleen’s behalf again, shared the message that she had sent for all of his followers to see:

“Frank! She's such a sweet lady! And she was over the moon when we came over.”

Marleen said that Wanda had told her new friends: "I hope you didn't think I was stupid for writing you, but I had to do something. Thank you so much for coming over. I've lived here for 50 years and don't know any of my neighbors."

She then added: “Wanda has 3 sons, one died last year of cancer. The other two live far away. She's 90 and and is on oxygen and has congestive heart failure, osteoporosis, among other ailments.

“We brought her cupcakes (didn't have enough time with work to make the banana bread). I also made sure she knew she can call us at anytime and that I'll be back to spend time with her!

“I'm sure Wanda and I will have some great times."

She also shared a picture of the new friends - with Wanda in the middle and Marleen on the left.

If this doesn’t have you knocking on the doors of your elderly neighbours this evening, I don’t know what will.